- GDAL 1.6.0 with internal BigTIFF support. The 1.5 branch will be dropped (done).
- HDF5 1.8.* The 1.6 branch has been dropped (done).
- HDF4 4.4r4 with alternate (i.e. netcdf compatible) development support (done).
- NetCDF 4. The 3 version has beeen dropped (done).
- Grass 6.4 series (done)
- GeoTIFF 1.2.5 (done)
More transitions should be considered:
HDF 1.8.5 instead of 1.8.4 GDAL 1.7 series (many reverse dependencies, needs authorization by RMs).